We started our week with sorting our sight words from last week and our new ones for this week! This activity not only focused on sight word recognition, but required the ability to follow multi step directions, sorting, and fine motor skills for cutting, pasting and manipulating the small pieces of paper.
The preschoolers practiced their listening skills, direction following abilities, and number recognition this morning. This is a simple way to practice at home. Write numbers and letters on a sheet of paper and ask your little one to circle something, trace it, cross it out, underline, etc. Have fun with it!
We have been working hard to continue to build our fine motor muscles to help us on our way to becoming strong writers! Simple wrist exercises for kids can improve your child’s fine motor skills and have a positive effect on handwriting. Wrist strengthening activities are easy to do at home with children from preschool through early elementary.
Click on the picture below for website with a variety of simple activities to do at home. No special supplies needed!
The exercises and activities are to improve your child’s wrist extension and wrist stability.
Wrist extension means that the wrist is bent slightly upwards, which leads to better control of the finger muscles.
We put those little muscles to work in another small group this morning! We have been learning all about the animals in the Sonoran Desert. The preschoolers practiced using control and slow movements while painting hummingbirds. Art is so much fun AND get for that fine motor muscle development.
Now that we are in the second half of the school year we will be working with our names at least once a week. Recognizing and writing names is an important skill for moving on to Pre-K. Expose your preschooler to their name as much as possible. Have fun tracing the letters in their name in flour, sand, sugar, dirt, whatever you can find! Point out signs that have letters in their name. Talk about letters in the beginning, middle, and end. Sound out each letter of their name. Count the letters. Build their name in the bathtub with foam letter blocks. Write letters on masking tape on legos and build a name tower. The possibilities are endless! Have some fun with it!
We began talking about the difference between 2D and 3D shapes in math group today. Seven 3D shapes were introduced along with reviewing six 2D shapes. Then, we had the opportunity to sort them on our smartboard game. Click the first picture below to follow the link to the game we played. It’s a great game for the computer at home!
Pineapple.
Picket Fence.
Prince.
Pretzels.
Pear.
Peach.
Princess.
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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